IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Reserved on: 01.10.2025 Pronounced on: 28.10.2025 Tanpreet Singh ...Petitioner Versus State of Punjab …Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA Present: Mr. Naresh Gopal Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Akshay Kumar, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Gopal Singh Nahel, Advocate for the complainant.

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ANOOP CHITKARA, J.

GD No. Dated Police Station Sections

29 30.07.2025 Maloud, District 126(2), 115(2), 118(1), Khanna 351(2), 191(3), 190 BNS

2023 IN FIR No. Dated Police Station Sections

67 27.07.2025 Maloud, District 115(2), 351(2), 125, 324(4), Khanna 191(3), 190 BNS 2023 and 27 of Arms Act

1. The petitioner apprehending arrest in the case captioned above has come up before this Court under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, [BNSS], seeking anticipatory bail.

2. In paragraph 12 of the bail petition, the petitioner declares that he has no criminal antecedents.

3. The facts and allegations are being taken from the reply filed by the State, which reads as follows:

“2. That the brief facts of the case are that the cross-case in DDR no.29 dated 30-07-2025, U/s 126 (2), 115 (2), 118 (1), 351 (2), 191 (3), 190 BNS (section 118 (2) BNS Added later on) in FIR no.67 dated 27-07-2025, was registered on the basis of statement of complainant Manpreet Singh, recorded on 30-07-2025, to the effect that;

(i) On 26.07.2025, the complainant Manpreet Singh was present at his house at about 09:15 P.M., when he received a phone call from Jaswinder Singh @ Babbu on his mobile number 9814904500, who informed the complainant that on that day Jaswinder Singh along with his wife Pardeep Kaur and son Gurfateh Singh had gone to Malerkotla in his Creta car bearing registration No. PB-10-JE-4500 for personal work. While, Jaswinder Singh @ Babbu was returning from Malerkotla, near Pandher Palace on Ludhiana Road, Malerkotla, a black Scorpio car bearing registration No. PB-10-JX-4747 driven by Satwinder Singh @ Babbu, in which Vikramjit Singh @ Vicky was sitting on the front seat and Tanpreet Singh (present petitioner) was sitting on the back seat, intercepted and moved their car alternately ahead and behind his Creta. Out of fear, Jaswinder Singh @ Babbu did not give them side. Jaswinder Singh then asked the complainant Manpreet Singh to come to his office, fearing that the aforesaid persons might damage his office.

(ii) At about 09:30 P.M., the complainant Manpreet Singh reached the office at Maloud. After about 10 minutes, Jaswinder Singh @ Babbu also reached the office in his Fortuner car bearing registration No. PB-11-AX- 1737. At that time, Jaswinder Singh @ Babbu received a phone call from an unknown number. The caller introduced himself as Kulwinder Singh son of Major Singh, resident of village Sekha, Police Station Maloud, District Ludhiana, presently residing in Canada. The caller stated that Satwinder Singh @ Babbu was his younger brother. Kulwinder Singh further threatened Jaswinder Singh @ Babbu that he should withdraw the case pending against Tanpreet Singh (present petitioner), otherwise he would have to face serious consequences. Kulwinder Singh further threatened that his men were standing near the playground of Rodia School and challenged that if Jaswinder Singh had the courage, he should come and see them.

(iii) Thereafter, the complainant Manpreet Singh and Jaswinder Singh @Babbu came out of the office and looked towards the playground of Rodia School, but they did not see anyone there. Later, after completing shop work, Jaswinder Singh @ Babbu started to drop the complainant Manpreet Singh to his village Lehal in his Fortuner car. While they were moving towards Rodia School and had covered about 150 yards, at about 11:00 P.M., suddenly, a silver coloured, Toyota Corolla car bearing registration No. PB-63-C-0003 came and blocked their way. From the said silver Creta Corolla car, Vikramjit Singh @ Vicky armed with a baseball bat; Satwinder Singh @ Babbu armed with a kirpan